Attachment 1435303MY GT IS HOME
So after over 2 weeks of frustration, disappointment, sorrow and quite a lifeless living, got my GT Home early this morning.
How it started?
Was returning from Coorg couple of weeks back when I noticed a coil symbol flashing on the MID:
I immediately called
Prashanth (Speed_kills) who suspected an EGR issue as he had a similar thing on his Vento. Strangely I noticed this symbol while I was cruising at some good speeds.
I turned off the engine and allowed it to cool down a bit on the road side and turned it back on. Lo-behold, I saw an additional symbol light up right beside the first one now:
Also, the car had gone into limp mode and would not rev beyond 2.5k nor accelerate beyond 80 km/hr. GERMAN ENGINEERING eh ??
As luck would have it, this happened on a Sunday afternoon and right during the festive week. So, I had to 'Crawl' back home and park the car hoping for a miracle.
The Run-around Prashanth shared the contact of SE by name
Joseph from VW Whitefield who requested me to get the car to workshop first thing on Monday. I was there as informed and the car was put through a series of scans & tests. Joseph confirmed that there were 3-4 sensors that has malfunctioned/failed the diagnostics. He advised me to drop off the car for a thorough test. Also, I was aware that VW service would be closed for 3 days and my GT might just have to sit it out at the workshop.
After a day, I get the news that the tests/diagnostics concluded that EGR was faulty. VW Whitefield could only placed order post the holidays and that meant that I could hope for a fix only a week later.
Joseph informed me that EGR can go bad due to:
- Contaminated exhaust gases which is a direct result of bad fuel
- Dust
- Lot of idling of diesel engine
I think irrespective of the cause, such parts going kaput at >25K kms is quite poor engineering by the Germans.
The JOY
I could either not concentrate on all the proceedings or was least bit interested in knowing them, as all I could think of is getting my GT back home. Finally, I got a call from SE yesterday that my GT was finally back to being its best and I was free to take back my baby.
As I did not want to put myself and my GT through evening traffic nightmare, I requested SE to ready the car for a morning delivery, to which he agreed.
All in all, the work done on my GT:
- EGR replaced under warrant (INR 45,674/- otherwise
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- Intake hose pipe changed as well
- Engine oil topped up
- Coolant flushed out and topped up
A big shout out to
Prashanth (Speed_kills) for being so helpful with the contact and constant enquiry on the updates. Owe you one bro.
NIRVANA
After more than 2 weeks of slow/lethargic/boring drive, the rush of torque I felt today in my GT gave me the smile I was longing for. I almost had nightmares of missing this feeling for a long time now.
Its time to clean my GT and restore it back to its original glory, which I am planning to spend the entire weekend on.
For now:
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